SUMMARY: duplicate a 4.1.3 disk?

From: Robert.Harris@gwl.com
Date: Fri Aug 28 1998 - 08:53:29 CDT


The consensus is to use format and duplicate the tables, then
use:

ddcp if=/dev/rsd3c of=/dev/rsd1c bksize=2048

to duplicate the drive, then use fsck.

Robert

Thus spake Sirisena, Navi (Navi.Sirisena@gs.com):

> Hi,
> I am curious to know if anyone has replied to this e-mail with a solution.
> Ihave run across the same problem but always used the conventional formating
> method. Unlike on Solairs.
>
> Navi
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Robert.Harris@gwl.com [SMTP:Robert.Harris@gwl.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, August 27, 1998 1:09 PM
> > To: sun-managers
> > Subject: duplicate a 4.1.3 disk?
> >
> > I have a sunos4.1.3 machine that I need to duplicate it's disk. Here's
> > the partition table of the source disk.
> >
> > Current partition table (original sd0):
> > partition a - starting cyl 0, # blocks 16848 (52/0/0)
> > partition b - starting cyl 52, # blocks 98496 (304/0/0)
> > partition c - starting cyl 0, # blocks 406296 (1254/0/0)
> > partition d - starting cyl 356, # blocks 59616 (184/0/0)
> > partition e - starting cyl 0, # blocks 0 (0/0/0)
> > partition f - starting cyl 0, # blocks 0 (0/0/0)
> > partition g - starting cyl 540, # blocks 231336 (714/0/0)
> > partition h - starting cyl 0, # blocks 0 (0/0/0)
> >
> > Anyone know what command to use to duplicate this disk to an identicle
> > hard disk?
> >
> > Robert
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > -
> > Robert L. Harris | You mean you paid
> > Senior System Administrator II | MONEY for
> > at Great West Life. \_ Service Pack '98????
> >
> > http://www.orci.com/~nomad
> >
> > DISCLAIMER:
> > These are MY OPINIONS ALONE. I speak for no-one else.
> >
> > FYI:
> > perl -e 'print
> > $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);'

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Robert L. Harris | You mean you paid
Senior System Administrator II | MONEY for
  at Great West Life. \_ Service Pack '98????
 
http://www.orci.com/~nomad

DISCLAIMER:
      These are MY OPINIONS ALONE. I speak for no-one else.

FYI:
 perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);'



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